Archive for October, 2007
I was overwhelmingly unsurprised to read today, that local councils are going ahead with their previously mooted plans to charge us for waste disposal on a pay as you go basis…they had planned this ages ago, and were always going to bring this in anyway!
The ostensible rationale behind their decision is that under EU directives, the UK must increase the proportion of the waste that it recycles, or face multi million pound fines. Well, I say that if our Government had any backbone, they would tell the EU to stick their directives up their unelected, interfering a*ses, as the Italian Government has done on occasion…unfortunately, it seems that our Government has less backbone that the Italians…no further comment required!
October 31st, 2007
I make no apology for my sincerely held conviction that Social Workers, along with MP’s, Councillors, Estate Agents and Solicitors, must be amongst the most despised and least productive - yet overpaid members of our society. Of these groups, I would argue that Social Workers actually come in at number one in this ‘hit parade’ of ineptitude.
October 29th, 2007
Most of us…ok then, all of us loath them…beggars!
They come up to you demanding money and most of the time we have more than an inkling that as soon as we have dispensed our charitable contribution toward their wellbeing, they are liable to pop down to the local off license to get a four pack of Tennant’s Super.
October 29th, 2007
Recent events have caused me to reflect upon some long held and cherished beliefs…and I have been shocked to find that after all these years, I have probably been very ignorant and very badly mistaken!
The two events that have caused such a fundamental shift in my thinking, are the recent public transport strikes in France and Gordon Brown’s agreement to the thinly veiled ‘EU Constitution’.
October 29th, 2007
